单词 | votation |
释义 | votationn. 1. Now chiefly in Philippine English. a. The action of voting; the action of holding a vote. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > free will > choice or choosing > expression of choice by some approved method > [noun] suffragea1535 suffrage1559 suffragation1576 suffraging1614 voicing1618 polling1625 votation1772 voting1826 1772 tr. Form Govt. Sweden 9 The Senators give their considerations thereupon in the Protocol, but without any farther votation [Sw. votering]. 1860 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. June 741/1 The day of votation which had originally been fixed for the 22d April. 2018 SunStar (Philippines) (Electronic ed.) 23 Mar. The documents will probably be ready for votation by Monday or Tuesday. b. An act of voting in an election or meeting; a vote. ΚΠ 1836 Times 11 Jan. 5/4 The Estamento proceeded to a nominal votation when there appeared for the question 156, against it 1. 1877 T. A. Trollope Life Pius IX II. iv. i. 113 The result of the votation of the population of Umbria. 2017 Business Mirror (Philippines) (Nexis) 4 Oct. Officials making use of drug money to spin the results of the votation in their favor. 2. In Switzerland: a referendum in which the population votes directly on a bill, policy, or initiative. ΚΠ 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 18 June 2/2 The overwhelming majorities of the two ‘votations’ of the 26th November, 1882, and the 11th May, 1884, when different bills were rejected. 1994 W. Linder Swiss Democracy i. 27 After a series of votations the new canton of Jura was created. 2006 C. H. Church Polit. Change Switzerland ix. 126 It is now facing a bruising second votation on its mass migration initiative. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2020; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1772 |
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